Nerve Conduction Study for Assessment of Peripheral Neuropathy in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients on the Janus Kinase Inhibitor Baricitinib

Sohag University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Rheumatoid Arthritis

Treatments: Device: Nerve Conduction Study

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06977035

Soh--Med--25-4-09MS

Details and patient eligibility

About

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, systemic, autoimmune inflammatory disease that mainly affects the joints and periarticular soft tissues. Baricitinib (Olumiant®) is an oral, targeted synthetic DMARD that inhibits JAK1 and JAK2, which are implicated in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Nerve conduction studies (NCSs) are an essential tool in the evaluation of the peripheral nervous system. The sensory nerve action potential (SNAP) provides information on the sensory nerve axon and its pathway from the distal receptors in the skin to the dorsal root ganglia, while the compound muscle action potential (CMAP) is an assessment of the motor nerve fibers from their origins in the anterior horn cell to their termination along muscle fibers.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients fulfill the 2010 ACR/EULAR classification criteria of RA
2. Age above 18 years old.
3. Patient cooperative and can answer questions

Exclusion criteria

1. Other rheumatologic or collagen diseases.
2. Age below 18 years and above 65 years.
3. Uncooperative patients.
4. Patients with other causes of peripheral neuropathy as Diabetes mellitus.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Rheumatoid Arthritis patients on Baricitinib treatment

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Device: Nerve Conduction Study

Rheumatoid Arthritis patient on conventional synthetic DMARD

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Device: Nerve Conduction Study